{"title":"Nat Cassidy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mary","title":"Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eNat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest Horror of 2022―Esquire, Paste Magazine, CrimeRead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarper's Bazaar 15 Best Books for Spooky Season\u003cbr\u003eThe Lineup Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Writers Museum―Staff Recommendation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFired from her job in New York, she moves back to her hometown, hoping to reconnect with her past and inner self. Instead, visions of terrifying, mutilated specters overwhelm her with increasing regularity and she begins auto-writing strange thoughts and phrases. Mary discovers that these experiences are echoes of an infamous serial killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the killings begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary’s definitely going to find herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arctos Bookish Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661346177236,"sku":"9781250265234","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/8678\/6260\/files\/9781250265234.jpg?v=1791485641"},{"product_id":"nestlings","title":"Nestlings","description":"\u003cp\u003eNat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest Adult Books 2023―New York Public Libary\u003cbr\u003eNPR Books We Love 2023\u003cbr\u003eBest Horror of 2023―Esquire, Den of Geek\u003cbr\u003eBest Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)―Paste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAna and Reid needed a lucky break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That's about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear―affordable housing lottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey've won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan's most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York―people are odd―but he can't explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Books by Nat Cassidy:\u003cbr\u003eMary: An Awakening of Terror\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arctos Bookish Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661362233556,"sku":"9781250265258","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/8678\/6260\/files\/9781250265258.jpg?v=1791485728"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.arctosbookishden.com\/collections\/matt-cassidy.oembed","provider":"Arctos Bookish Den","version":"1.0","type":"link"}